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Trivia: Musical Terms
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1. A period in history during the 18th and early 19th centuries where the focus shifted from the neoclassical style to an emotional - expressive - and imaginative style.
Fourth
Interlude
Romantic
Timbre
2. Written for 2 to 10 solo parts featuring one instrument to a part. Each part bears the same importance.
Chamber music
Form
Beat
Intermezzo
3. A form of writing for vocals that is close to the manner of speech and is rhythmically free.
Voice
Flat
Chord
Recitative
4. A composition written for a solo instrument. The soloist plays the melody while the orchestra plays the accompaniment.
Homophony
Root
Measure
Concerto
5. The interval between two notes. Three whole tones and one semitone make up the distance between the two notes.
Timbre
Falsetto
Fifth
Cantata
6. Suite of Baroque dances.
Partita
Expressionism
Vibrato
Accessible
7. The playing or singing the upper half of the vocal range. Also the highest voice in choral singing.
Key
Treble
Counterpoint
Fourth
8. The seventh note of the scale where there is a strong desire to resolve on the tonic.
Dynamics
Tune
Song cycle
Leading note
9. A line in a contrapuntal work performed by an individual voice or instrument.
Opus
Dynamics
Part
Recitative
10. Introduction to an opera or other large musical work.
Chant
Ostinato
Overture
Oratorio
11. Either of the two octave arrangements in modern music. The modes are either major or minor.
Triple time
Renaissance
Treble
Modes
12. A direction to play lively and fast.
Allegro
Maestro
Orchestra
Reprise
13. A direction in sheet music indicating the tempo is to be very fast.
Tremolo
Presto
Canon
Notation
14. A group of 4 instruments - two violins - a viola - and cello.
String Quartet
Grazioso
Grazioso
Legato
15. A symbol used in musical notation indicating to gradually quicken tempo.
Ligature
Tune
Legato
Accelerando
16. To repeat a previous part of a composition generally after other music has been played.
Song cycle
Key signature
Reprise
Elegy
17. The frequency of a note determining how high or low it sounds.
Monotone
Sharp
Pitch
Conductor
18. A line in a contrapuntal work performed by an individual voice or instrument.
Relative major and minor
Contralto
Part
Pizzicato
19. A hymn sung by the choir and congregation often in unison.
Recital
Vibrato
Chorale
Fugue
20. A drama where the words are sung instead of spoken.
Ostinato
Serenade
Opera
Fugue
21. The period of music history which dates from the mid 1800's and lasted about sixty years. There was a strong regard for order and balance.
Flat
Classicism
Theme
Quintet
22. Short movement or interlude connecting the main parts of the composition.
Galliard
Reed
Beat
Intermezzo
23. Elaborate polyphonic composition of the Boroque and Renaissance periods.
Etude
Partial
Ricercar
Chord progression
24. Vocal composition written for three or more solo parts - usually without instrumental accompaniment.
Stretto
Da Capo
Glee
Ligature
25. A loose collection of instrumental compositions.
Rubato
Suite
Fifth
Triad
26. An extended solo - often accompanying the vocal part of an aria.
Concerto
Portamento
Espressivo
Obbligato
27. The principal note of a triad.
Root
Sonata form
Temperament
Atonal
28. The first tone of a scale also known as a keynote.
Tone less
Tonic
Nocturne
Octet
29. A canon where the melody is sung in two or more voices. After the first voice begins - the next voice starts singing after a couple of measures are played in the preceding voice. All parts repeat continuously.
Round
Triple time
Suite
Register
30. A song of praise and glorification. Most often to honor God.
Hymn
Development
Stretto
Rhythm
31. Arrangement of music for a combined number of instruments.
Octave
Instrumentation
Movement
Tonal
32. Arranging a piece of music for an orchestra. Also - the study of music.
Triple time
Opera
Tonality
Orchestration
33. Curved line connecting notes to be sung or played as a phrase.
Waltz
Forte
Dynamics
Ligature
34. In sheet music - a symbol at the beginning of the staff defining the pitch of the notes found in that particular staff.
Clef
Quadrille
Concert master
Presto
35. A composition written for three to six voices. Beginning with the exposition - each voice enters at different times - creating counterpoint with one another.
Musette
Encore
Fugue
Musicology
36. An instrumental lament with praise for the dead.
Root
Tessitura
Elegy
Stretto
37. When several strings are tuned to harmonically related pitches - all strings vibrate when only one of the strings is struck.
Duet
Portamento
Resonance
Glissando
38. The retuning of a stringed instrument in order to play notes below the ordinary range of the instrument or to produce an usual tone color.
Tablature
Interpretation
Scordatura
Concert master
39. A direction to play expressively.
Espressivo
Waltz
Clavier
Fourth
40. Successive notes of a key or mode either ascending or descending.
Staff
Scale
Trio
Maestro
41. A lighthearted piece - written in several movements - usually as background music for a social function.
Homophony
Scale
EnharmonicInterval
Serenade
42. The playing or singing the upper half of the vocal range. Also the highest voice in choral singing.
Neoclassical
Register
Tessitura
Treble
43. Piece of instrumental music played between scenes in a play or opera.
Symphony
Vibrato
Resonance
Interlude
44. Music written for chorus and orchestra. Most often religious in nature.
Accelerando
Cantata
String Quartet
Counterpoint
45. A set of five musicians who perform a composition written for five parts.
Finale
Natural
Ostinato
Quintet
46. A piece of music written in triple time. Also an old French dance.
Recital
Fourth
Nocturne
Courante
47. A dirge - hymn - or musical service for the repose of the dead.
Form
Requiem
Pastoral
Fourth
48. Two or more voices or instruments playing the same note simultaneously.
Scale
Polytonality
Key
Unison
49. The first tone of a scale also known as a keynote.
Tonic
Scherzo
Concert master
Triplet
50. Pertains to tone or tones.
Tonal
Whole-tone scale
Tune
Fourth